General Information About Tour

Located in the Northeastern India at the foothills of Himalayas, Sikkim and Darjeeling are amongst the most popular tourist destinations in Northeast India. Sikkim, Gangtok & Darjeeling tour packages have some beautiful attractions that can be visited by the travelers from Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and various other cities of India.

Holiday packages to Gangtok & Darjeeling are heavily availed by families, friends, couples, and honeymooners. These North East destinations have a pleasant weather and offer exciting experiences for each kind of a traveler. The peak season to visit Sikkim & Darjeeling is from March to June. The temperature during summers ranges from 15°C to 25°C. However, friends and backpackers plan a trip to North East during the off-season to avail cheapest Sikkim, Gangtok & Darjeeling tour packages and to enjoy adventure activities in the snow like trekking.

Sikkim does not have an airport or a railway station. But the state is well connected by a network of roads from West Bengal. While customising Sikkim tour packages, travel agents arrange for a pick-up and drop service at either Bagdogra airport, situated at a distance of 123 Km from Gangtok or at New Jalpaiguri Railway station, located at a distance of 120 Km from Gangtok.So, availing a customized tour package to these beautiful destinations imparts travelers with memories to cherish.

A Sikkim tour package with a trip to Darjeeling is incomplete without savoring authentic delicacies of these respective destinations. Tourists can enhance the flavor of their Darjeeling tour package coupled with a visit to Sikkim by relishing culinary treats such as momos, thukpa, Shaphalay (Tibetan meta stuffed bread), Churpee (cow’s or yak’s milk cheese), Alu Dum, and Nepali Thali. While enjoying with a Gangtok tour package, gorge on Thenthuk ( a heavier form of Thukpa), Gundruk and Sinki, Phagshapa (pork with dried chilies), Sael Roti (deeply fried rice paste).

1. Tiger Hills and Ghoom Monastery

When the rising sun comes out from behind the long stretched hills and showers its color on the snow-white Kanchenjunga, you will just wish to hold the hand of your dear ones, standing spellbound on the Tiger Hill. This hill is very close to Ghoom Monastery. Among all the Darjeeling tourist spots, people wait madly for this moment to experience.

2. Batasia Loop and War Memorial in Toy-Train

A ‘joy-ride’ in the toy-train of Darjeeling is certainly something of too much fun. And when it passes through a tunnel and the spiral track, named Batasia Loop, around the War Memorial, it makes your trip to Darjeeling worthy. The scenario of the surrounding mountains, jungles and the garden around the memorial bring a feeling of freshness.

3. Senchal Lake

This is one of the most alluring water bodies of Darjeeling. Senchal Lake and its surrounding area is a favorite picnic spot for tourists. You have to walk almost 10 km from town to reach there. There is a club house and 9 golf-courses nearby the lake. Darjeeling tour will be unfulfilled if you avoid this site to visit.

4. Chunnu Summer Falls and Rock Garden

There is a nice summer falls approximately 10 km away from Darjeeling town, known as Chunnu Summer Falls. The water of that falls flows down through rocky slopes and the garden around the falls is thus called Rock Garden, which is very beautiful and a perfect place to spend some time with your spouse.

5. Happy Valley Tea-Garden

This tea-garden covers a wide area of 437 acres of Darjeeling. It is a mind-blowing experience to put your hand in the hand of your partner and walk in the paths of the garden within such greenery. You can also go for watching the process to obtain tea from the leaves, or the local women plucking tea leaves from the plants etc.

6. Singalila National Park

Elevated at 7000 ft above sea level, Singalila National Park is visited mostly by the trekkers for a thrilling trek route towards Sandakphu, which passes through the park. Besides having an exciting adventure with your life-partner, you can see a wide range of Himalayan mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and flora.

7. Himalayan Mountaineering Institute and Everest Museum

If you are near Jawahar Parvat area while you are on a tour of Darjeeling, must not forget to visit the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute that is a pioneer in establishing mountaineering as an esteemed outdoor activity. Several photos and equipment of all the brave mountaineers, who climbed or scaled Mt. Everest, are preserved carefully in the Everest Museum inside the Institute.

8. Observatory Hills

On your trip to Darjeeling, you should never miss visiting this place. This hill provides a clear and wide view of the valleys, rivers, and jungle of Darjeeling along with the colossal mountains. You might want to worship the gods together in Mahakal Temple and Bhutia Busty Monastery in this hill, to bless your lives for a happy and prosperous life ahead. There some gompas scattered in the Observatory Hill.